This thing has been vaporware for over a year and a half now but it looks like they are finally going to release it. They are talking 2nd to 3rd quarter of this year.
Its a nice system IF you have the cash. As a primary system its underpowered though. 1Ghz chip is slow by anyone's standard, 256MB of RAM is minimum IMHO (should have been 512 since there is zero upgradeability.), and 20Gb hard drive??!?! Umm I would fill that up in 5 minutes.

I give them a C+ for pushing form factors forward and raising the bar in portability. But a D+ for specs. The interview on cnet.com with the CEO of the company spoke of docking this thing and using a standard keyboard, mouse, and flat panel display to allow you to use thi thing as your primary computer. Naah. Not with those specs.

This thing has been vaporware for over a year and a half now but it looks like they are finally going to release it. They are talking 2nd to 3rd quarter of this year.
Its a nice system IF you have the cash. As a primary system its underpowered though. 1Ghz chip is slow by anyone's standard, 256MB of RAM is minimum IMHO (should have been 512 since there is zero upgradeability.), and 20Gb hard drive??!?! Umm I would fill that up in 5 minutes.

I give them a C+ for pushing form factors forward and raising the bar in portability. But a D+ for specs. The interview on cnet.com with the CEO of the company spoke of docking this thing and using a standard keyboard, mouse, and flat panel display to allow you to use thi thing as your primary computer. Naah. Not with those specs.

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siliconaddict: for business people who only ever use email and microsoft office, this thing is spec'd just right. You can even connect it to an external monitor at home. However, I don't think that its perfect. Apple could do a much better job.

This is however a step in the right direction in getting rid of all our separate devices.

if apple were a bigger company with a bigger market share, then i know there would be a mini mac laptop...and that would be nice

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This is what irks me about Apple. What happened to real innovation at Apple? Seriously. Take chances. Push the limit. Apple makes some nice hardware but do you see anything out there that is edge. The closes you can get to edgy is the G5 iMac. While impressive its not pulling an OQO. Something that really makes people go "DAMN! THAT'S SOME OUT THERE ****!"
I think part of this really is Apple market share. Look at Windows. They are trying different things. Tablet PC. Pocket PC's. Media Center PC's. Media Player handhelds. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Apple can't afford to blow it on anything right now. So you have to steady, stable, somewhat predictable course. This isn't a bad thing. Just a boring thing.
I want to slap Steve Jobs, grab him by the shoulders and shake him hard. "Wake up man! Embrace cutting edge! Live life! Take risks! Put out a OS X Tablet. Team up with Moto to make a Mac PDA phone!"
Or not.

This is what irks me about Apple. What happened to real innovation at Apple? Seriously. Take chances. Push the limit. Apple makes some nice hardware but do you see anything out there that is edge. The closes you can get to edgy is the G5 iMac. While impressive its not pulling an OQO. Something that really makes people go "DAMN! THAT'S SOME OUT THERE ****!"
I think part of this really is Apple market share. Look at Windows. They are trying different things. Tablet PC. Pocket PC's. Media Center PC's. Media Player handhelds. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Apple can't afford to blow it on anything right now. So you have to steady, stable, somewhat predictable course. This isn't a bad thing. Just a boring thing.
I want to slap Steve Jobs, grab him by the shoulders and shake him hard. "Wake up man! Embrace cutting edge! Live life! Take risks! Put out a OS X Tablet. Team up with Moto to make a Mac PDA phone!"
Or not.

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Unfortunate Apple stuffs is so far ahead that it never makes it more than the cool factor look at the newton almost 10 ago a now Palm and pocketPC are almost about the same

This has been floating about for a year or more. Nice that it is finally coming to market, but they really ought to update the specs. Better yet, don't update them, and have Apple put out a similar device that is more elegantly designed and far more powerful. The iTablet/videoPod/iPDA things that everyone talks about, all rolled into one indispensible device:

i hate when people critisize a device for being made for a specific task. Just like how in reviews the 12' powerbook is critisized for its screen size even though it is made that size for a specific reason. This device serves a purpose... its not made to play doom 3!

i wonder what battery life is like real-world on that thing...
anyway that's pretty awesome. that'd be good for playing games that are a few years old. i used to run simcity 3k (best pc game ever) on a 200mhz K6 so im sure this would . that's like what the laptop's natural evolution should be imho. get 2 docking stations and use it on the subway/bus on the way to work, take it to meetings, just holding it in 2 hands w/ a free lap. the only thing i wouldn't like is the point stick but a bluetooth (!) mouse would solve that. if i were buying a windows laptop i'd get that because it has more than enough power for me in the perfect form factor.

I see this more as an innovation in computing rather than a big seller. In fact I think it will probably flop seeing the specs and price. People can buy a very nice latop for what they are asking for this thing. Shame though because it really is a cool idea.

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